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A group lobbying for a reduction in taxes and fees on intra-regional Caribbean travel has said that Prime Minister Gaston Browne has pledged to raise the issue of travel taxes at the next CARICOM Heads of Government meeting.<\/p>

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The group wrote to Browne earlier this month on behalf of 20,000 persons who have \u201ccome together in opposition to the current cost of intra-regional travel and governments\u2019 role in escalating airfares\u201d.<\/p>\n

Dalano R. DaSouza, spokesperson for the group \u201cCitizens Against High Intra-Regional Caribbean Travel Taxes\u201d said not only has Browne acknowdeged the petition but has promised to take up the matter at CARICOM.<\/p>

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Packages containing copies of the petition bearing over 20,000 signatures were dispatched to the offices of the CARICOM Heads of Government and the Secretariat in Guyana.<\/p>

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Browne became one of the first regional leaders to respond to the group.<\/p>\n

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